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WASHING MAGHINE. No. 359,933. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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ALEX AEDER MAGEE AND DAVID C.

Pnrntrr @triceE LEE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, SAID MAGEE ASSIGNOR TO SAIDLEE.

WASHING- MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION formingl part of Letters Patent No. 359,933, dated March22, 1887.

Application tiled November l?, 1884. Serial No. Nihil.

T (all zotmt it may concern:

Bc it known that we, ALEXANDER Madan and DAVID C. Lon, of St. Louis,Missouri, have jointly made a new and useful Improvenient inWashingllachines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The improvement relates to that class of washing-machines having aninner perforated case and an outer closed case, the inner case beingadapted to hold the clothes being washed and to be rotated within theouter case, which is adapted to contain the water used in the washing.

The annexed drawings, making part of this specification, exhibit themechanism employed in carrying ont the improvement.

Figure l is a plan of the improved Washing-machine, the cover of theouter casing being removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts. v A

A represents the outer ease. Its lower part, a, is adapted to holdwater, and by means of the cover a the ease can be closed.

B represents the inner case. By means of the journals b I), with whichthe inner case is provided, and the crank Z1 the inner case can berotated in the outer case. The bearings a, a? for the journals i) b arepreferably in the upper edge, a?, of the lower part, a, of the outercase. A portion, b2, of the inner ease is made to open and close, orotherwise made removable, so that the articles to be washed can beinelosed within the inner case and when washed removed therefrom.

The distinguishing features of the present washing-machine are these:

First. 'Ihe face b3 of the inner case is made of wire-gauze, by reasonof which steam arising from the water in the bottom ofthe outer case canfreely penetrate the inner case.

Second. The inner case is provided with one or more "vaterelevators,77b, as they may be termed. Their function is to lift thewater to abovethecenter of the inner case, and then discharge it onto the articles withinthe case- (No model.)

that is, the waterelevators are attached to and are rotated with theinner case, and when, in the rotation of the inner oase, they arecarried downward into the lower part of the outer case they becomefilled with water, and

when they are carried upward above the center of the inner case thewater is emptied from them. To this end the most desirable inode ofconstructing and attaching the water-elevators is that shown. A sheet ofmetal is shaped into the elliptical or approximately elliptical form (incrosssection) shown in Fig. 2, is extended endwise across the inner caseto meet its imperforate sides b5 b, and thereby or in some othersuitable manner closed at its ends, and is fastened to the face b3 ofthe inner case. The water-elevator is thus closed, saving at theopenings b and at the slot Z, respectively on opposite sides of theelevator and in coincidence with a radial line of the inner case. TheWater enters the elevator through the outer openings, b, and it leavesthe elevator through the slot lf. In the class of washing-machines underconsideration the water enters the inner `case but a slight distance,not coming in practice above the upper side of the waterelevators attheir lowest level as they are carried around with the inner case. Thewater-elevators are useful, then, in that thereby a iiow of waterdownward upon and through the articles being washed is allowed. Thesteam, which, by means of the wire-gauze face bs, enters freely allparts of' the interior of the inner ease, is mainly instrumental inloosening the dirt, and the water-flow described serves te carry theloosened dirt away.

rIhird. The bail C, which is attached to the journals Z1 ZJ of the innerease. By means of it the inner ease, with its contents, can be readilylifted from its place in the outer case and transferred to where it4 isdesired to deposit t-he washed articles. Then, removing the cover andstill holding the case B by thc bail, the case, by means of the crank,can be rotated in the bail, so as to bring the opening downward,whereupon the articles can be dropped from the case.

Fourth. It is undesirable to allow any steam to escape at the jointbetween the cover and lower part of the outer case. Thereforel in thepresent instance this ljoint is made as tight as is readily practicable,and at the top of the outer caseeover is a perforation, ct, throughwhich the steam` can escape in small quantities; but to prevent the toofree escape of the steam a valve in the form of a ball, a5, is adaptedto seat at and close the opening, saving when it is unseatcd by au unduepressure of ste-ani. A suitable guard, a, keeps the ball in theimmediate vicinity ofthe perforation a.

XVe are arvarethat in Washing-machines of the class under considerationclosed cylinders having Wateihelevators have been used;y as Well asopenfaced cylinders Without any pro vision for raisin g the Water. Wetherefore do not claim such constructions; nor would either of themanswer our purpose, which is to provide, trst, for loosening the dirtfrom the clothes, (accomplished by the steam circulating through theopen-work face,) and, second,

for carrying away the loosened dirt, (accomplished by the elevatedWater.)

XVe claiml. In a washing-machinefthe combination l of an outer case, aninner case journaled therein, removable therefrom, and having anopeningor door, b", a bail, C, `having bearings;

which surround the journals of the inner case, and a crank or` handle,b', attached to one of the journals, by which :the inner case may berotated to perform the Washing action or to discharge the contents`bythe opening l Ifwhen removed and supportedbylthe bail, t

